Breakfast with Hunter is a documentary

Documentary film

Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...

 about the everyday life of gonzo

Gonzo journalism

Gonzo journalism is a style of journalism that is written without claims of objectivity, often including the reporter as part of the story via a first-person narrative. The word "gonzo" is believed to be first used in 1970 to describe an article by Hunter S. Thompson, who later popularized the style...

-journalist Hunter S. Thompson

Hunter S. Thompson

Hunter Stockton Thompson was an American journalist and author who wrote The Rum Diary , Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 .He is credited as the creator of Gonzo journalism, a style of reporting where reporters involve themselves in the action to...

 by Wayne Ewing.

The film includes a variety of well-known figures involved with Thompson throughout his life, including P.J. O'Rourke, Ralph Steadman

Ralph Steadman

Ralph Steadman is a British cartoonist and caricaturist who is perhaps best known for his work with American author Hunter S. Thompson.-Personal life:Steadman was born in Wallasey, Cheshire, and brought up in Towyn, North Wales...

, Roxanne Pulitzer

Roxanne Pulitzer

Roxanne Pulitzer is a novelist and actress. She attracted media attention in the 1980s during her divorce trial.- Biography:Roxanne Renckens was married to Palm Beach-based newspaper tycoon Herbert Pulitzer Roxanne Pulitzer is a novelist and actress. She attracted media attention in the 1980s...

, Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp

John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II is an American actor, producer and musician. He has won the Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild award for Best Actor. Depp rose to prominence on the 1980s television series 21 Jump Street, becoming a teen idol...

, Terry Gilliam

Terry Gilliam

Terrence Vance "Terry" Gilliam is an American-born British screenwriter, film director, animator, actor and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. Gilliam is also known for directing several films, including Brazil , The Adventures of Baron Munchausen , The Fisher King , and 12 Monkeys...

 and Benicio del Toro

Benicio del Toro

Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez is a Puerto Rican and Spanish actor and film producer. He won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a BAFTA Award for his role as Javier Rodríguez in Traffic . He is also known for his roles as Fred Fenster in The Usual...

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Other films about Hunter S. Thompson

Hunter S. Thompson

Hunter Stockton Thompson was an American journalist and author who wrote The Rum Diary , Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 .He is credited as the creator of Gonzo journalism, a style of reporting where reporters involve themselves in the action to...

 by Wayne Ewing include, "When I Die", "Free Lisl: Fear & Loathing in Denver" and "Animals, Whores & Dialogue: Breakfast with Hunter Vol. 2".

Other films by Wayne Ewing include "Benched" and "The Last Campaign".

External links

• Breakfast with Hunter film website.
• HunterThompsonFilms.com is the website for all 3 of Wayne Ewing's films on Dr. Hunter S. Thompson.
• Website of Wayne Ewing Films, Inc..
• Wayne Ewing interview by the Viking Youth Power Hour
  Viking Youth Power Hour
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